So happy I got one thing right - however you twist facts and labels things that aren't so.

Homosexuality a choice - go to prison, many people there end up (while in prison) engaging in homosexual activity. When they come out they go back to hetrosexual activity - it is a choice.

Re-read the posting that Sam talks about, it's family, family, family - the bill can't be in regards to a married couple or the head of a family that is a married couple because gay marriages don't exist in the eyes of the law. So yes, the question is what comprises a family and again I ask since Sam wants to redefine that term why stop at a 'family' that is headed by two people - what is wrong with all those other alternative families? Further proof that he isn't JUST talking about gay folks is that the bill addresses (in Sam's own words) "Families headed by unmarried couples" he said earlier, "Dolores' health care policy covers employees, married spouses, biological children, stepchildren, adopted children and anyone an employee is caring for such as siblings, parents, grandchildren, nieces and nephews." This is the type of policy he would like to see and yes it covers parents, etc.

"Only in your head is it easier to verify. If two people marry solely for the governmental benefits, being a hetero or a homo doesn't matter because you aren't marrying for love or commitment. I know of people I could marry solely for the benefits." Yes, and we all know of folks who marry (often in name only and for money) so that one of the people can get a green card (although doesn't seem to matter as much any more). Any and every system can be beat, copyprotection is beat everyday - but the more obsticles you place in it's way the more people it discourages (no copy protection EVERYBODY copies, copy protection cuts off a sizable portion of those who don't pursue ways of defeating it).

"Society has always been right when it comes to restricting personal freedoms..." Correction, society HAS the right (via laws) to restrict various types of behavior which can be a 'personal freedom'. Society outlaws drugs because drug use is detrimental to society (crazed folks doing odd things, folks on drugs unable to do a job like they should and in turn someone else on the job gets hurt, etc). Society also regulates things like the speed a car is suppose to go, the fact that killing someone is a no-no. Society encourages that which it believes will help itself and discourages those things that it doesn't see as a benefit.

"... homosexual family is almost always planned." Oh yeah, all those folks who have a traditional marriage and then one of them decides/figures out that they are homosexual and take their kids with them, yeah, those are planned okay. We both know that for every statistic you show me showing that homosexual families are stable and a good enviroment, I can show you one that shows that it isn't.

We both agree that a loving stable family is best for any child. If the heads of the family, regardless of gender preference, are fighting and arguing (or worse behavior) it is not beneficial to any child. However, studies have also shown that a family headed by a male and female are the best for children http://www.acpeds.org/?CONTEXT=art&cat=22&art=50
(from American College of Pediatricians)